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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

For years and years, Sonic commercials played on tv even though there wasn't a single Sonic Drive-In anywhere near Chicago. The commercials taunted me and I became obsessed with wanting to try out their drinks and ice cream creations. Finally, Sonic came to Chicagoland and I was able to learn what all the hype was about. Now I'm addicted to their strawberry limeade, tator tots, and coconut cream pie shakes. Yum!

Leave me a comment here and let me know how you keep your family active and I'll choose a random winner from the comments on Friday, March 18. Be sure to include your email address/way to contact you. Good luck!

We love to chase each other around the coffee table. The kid will keep running long after us parents are tired out. They just keep going, and going, and going.... It's a great activity during the winter. So far no lost teeth or broken bones, though they would probably still keep running even if they did!

I'm addicted to Sonic! I'm keeping my kiddo active this week by sending him camping! Primative camping no less! (No rest rooms, no plumbing anywhere - just him and his friend and NATURE! - they get to build their own fire pit and everything! Pray the family's ranch doesn't burn!)

My 'lazy' way of keeping the family active is taking the kids to an indoor play centre - even better, sending the 2 teenagers to take the 4 little ones while I 'actively' chill out drinking coffee and eating chocolate. Seriously though, we love to go camping, find rocks and trees to climb, run about on the beach...helen-lovenbury@o2.co.uk

Best way to keep my family active - let them do their own thing. I have a teenage daughter involved in the local JROTC. That alone keeps her busy enough to make my house more of a laundrymat and crashpad than a place to spend time.

I too have been brainwashed by Sonic commercials! My mouth literally waters. Thankfully one opened up near us =) Now to answer the question ...How to stay fit after all my sonic trips ;) We go for family walks every night after dinner (at least 5 nights) it is a great time to talk and get fit!! It is so much easier for my kids to open up when we aren't staring each other in the face =)

Dawn, I have to ask. Are they selling the "Chicago Dog" there? I live in Omaha and my hubbs is a native (grew up around Western & Foster). We opened up our own dog and beef spot here to get the goods regularly. We sell Vienna Beef dogs but Sonic has recently started an ad campaign for hot dogs, including a New York Dog, a Chili Dog, etc. plus a Chicago Dog. I had to try it just to make sure there was no competition - they're GROSS! No comparison. Just wondering what the vibe is in Chi-town on this? Go Sox!

My toddler received a bounce house (toddler sized) for her birthday last year. Her grandmoms and aunts and uncles all chipped in for it. Since she loves to be outside, I usually set it up for the both of us to play in and keep active!

WE are an active family we are involved in Cub scouts so we are always busy. Not to mention my 10 year old is in swim lessons. He LOBES to ride his bike. And the rest of us keep moving by keeping up with our 2 year old. We two just got a Sonic which is cool cause we are in Montana!!

I want to know how to be inactive. My kids are involved in a sport year round. Football, cheer, basketball, wrestling, baseball and track. Like you, I have six which means an awful lot of sporting events!

Hmmm, how do I keep my family active?! We don't actually excerise, but does this count??

1. Pushing a bicyle with my 5 year old daughter on it because she saw her sister and all the neighborhood kids ride without training wheels and demanded that hers be taken off. Yet her idea of learning to ride is to let Mom push.

2. Chasing all the neighborhood kids and keeping them out of mischief because I'm overly paranoid and can't stand the thought of all those kids playing outside without supervision.

3. Herding the kids in and out of the car, into stores, and paying bills.

I have an 8 and 10 year old that keep us running with school activities. While at home though we walk the dog and they love to ride bikes. Thankfully spring is here...maybe...hopefully...well it is March right?

we stay active by running around the park across the street. Or rather, they run around the park, I run after them keeping them from fighting, stopping the throwing of woodchips, chasing the balls that go out into the street, etc, etc. My boys are 8 and 3.

I'm a mean mom. I make all of my kids get off of any and all electric devices they are on and kick them out into the yard everyday for at least an hour. The first half hour they usually spend moping around and asking "Can we come in yet?" but by the time the hour is done they are so deep into mud, climbing, building forts, bicycling, etc that they don't end up coming back in for a while. We also go to parks and camp and hike and stuff, but I want my kids to know how to play outside without "plans" or having to go anywhere, everyday.

I keep my family active by chasing after my Daughter, who is JUST now crawling. It's only me & her and her daddy, so it's not that hard. We like to walk around our chicken houses around back (no more chickens though, just used for storage) or take her to the park, & let her swing.

Found your blog on the sonic fb fan page! I love Sonic! That's actually our family's favorite way to be active! We love to go to Sonic and play on the playground or play some volleyball then get a slush or an ocean water!

We walk a rail trail near our house. We also go to State and National Parks that are near by. We stroll around and have a picnic lunch. To encourage the "kid" to keep walking I promise to stop and buy a special drink on the way home. Nice when the place is Sonic! We have two in my state now!

I keep the boys active by doing indoor walking in the winter and whenever the weather is nice enough we pick an activity and go with it, yesterday we went hiking in the park. I tell them all the time exercise is healthy....